Ireland and the fiction of improvement /

This study of 'improving' fiction produced in Ireland in the 19th century demonstrates how this pamphlet literature shaped the mainstream literary culture. While uncovering previously neglected material, O'Connell also sheds new light on the work of Maria Edgeworth, Mary Leadbeater, W...

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1. Verfasser:
O'Connell, Helen
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
Zusammenfassung:
This study of 'improving' fiction produced in Ireland in the 19th century demonstrates how this pamphlet literature shaped the mainstream literary culture. While uncovering previously neglected material, O'Connell also sheds new light on the work of Maria Edgeworth, Mary Leadbeater, William Carleton, Thomas Davis, J. M. Synge, W. B. Yeats, and others.
Umfang:
228 p.
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-222) and index.
ISBN:
9780191515972
0191515973
9780191713361
0191713368
9781280965296
1280965290
Schlagworte:
English fiction > 19th century > History and criticism.
English fiction > Irish authors > History and criticism.
Realism in literature.
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